A review on segmentation of positron emission tomography images

B Foster, U Bagci, A Mansoor, Z Xu… - Computers in biology and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Positron Emission Tomography (PET), a non-invasive functional imaging method at
the molecular level, images the distribution of biologically targeted radiotracers with high …

A review of deep-learning-based approaches for attenuation correction in positron emission tomography

JS Lee - IEEE Transactions on Radiation and Plasma Medical …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Attenuation correction (AC) is essential for the generation of artifact-free and quantitatively
accurate positron emission tomography (PET) images. PET AC based on computed …

Deep embedding convolutional neural network for synthesizing CT image from T1-Weighted MR image

L Xiang, Q Wang, D Nie, L Zhang, X Jin, Y Qiao… - Medical image …, 2018 - Elsevier
Recently, more and more attention is drawn to the field of medical image synthesis across
modalities. Among them, the synthesis of computed tomography (CT) image from T1 …

Update in the evaluation of the solitary pulmonary nodule

MT Truong, JP Ko, SE Rossi, I Rossi, C Viswanathan… - Radiographics, 2014 - pubs.rsna.org
A solitary pulmonary nodule (SPN) is defined as a round opacity that is smaller than 3 cm. It
may be solid or subsolid in attenuation. Semisolid nodules may have purely ground-glass …

Recent advances and future progress in PET instrumentation

PJ Slomka, T Pan, G Germano - Seminars in nuclear medicine, 2016 - Elsevier
PET is an important and growing imaging modality. PET instrumentation has undergone a
steady evolution improving various aspects of imaging. In this review, we discuss recent and …

Respiratory motion in positron emission tomography/computed tomography: a review

SA Nehmeh, YE Erdi - Seminars in nuclear medicine, 2008 - Elsevier
The development of positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT)
scanners has allowed not only straightforward but also synergistic fusion of anatomical and …

Dual-modality imaging: combining anatomy and function

DW Townsend - Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2008 - Soc Nuclear Med
The extensive development of image fusion techniques over the past 20 y has shown that
the fusion of images from complementary modalities offers a more complete and accurate …

Multimodality imaging of structure and function

DW Townsend - Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2008 - iopscience.iop.org
Historically, medical devices to image either anatomical structure or functional processes
have developed along somewhat independent paths. The recognition that combining …

The impact of respiratory motion on tumor quantification and delineation in static PET/CT imaging

C Liu, LA Pierce II, AM Alessio… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
Our aim is to investigate the impact of respiratory motion on tumor quantification and
delineation in static PET/CT imaging using a population of patient respiratory traces. A total …

List-mode-based reconstruction for respiratory motion correction in PET using non-rigid body transformations

F Lamare, MJL Carbayo, T Cresson… - Physics in Medicine …, 2007 - iopscience.iop.org
Respiratory motion in emission tomography leads to reduced image quality. Developed
correction methodology has been concentrating on the use of respiratory synchronized …